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Aya Shameimaru (Pseudo-Shikigami: Zendouki Gigaku)

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Pseudo-Shikigami: Zendouki Gigaku

Stats

Health
6000
Agility
1450
Yang ATK
1200
Yang DEF
975
Yin ATK
1800
Yin DEF
725

Races

Element Type Chart

Kouten
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Kouten (a Touhou LW original) refers to rough weather that threatens to disrupt daily life and is often used in reference to strong wind and rain. This is an apt temperament for this Aya since she is the host of the shikigami known as Zenki, who is both an oni and a tengu.

Aya's temperament (Moon Essence and Wood Phase) has combined with Zenki's temperament (Fire Phase and Metal Phase).
sun_weak
Sun
moon_neutral
Moon
fire_strong
Fire
water_neutral
Water
wood_weak
Wood
metal_strong
Metal
earth_weak
Earth
star_strong
Star

Character Shots

The Spread Shot of Aya Shameimaru from the world reborn (a Touhou LW original). She creates a ferocious gust of wind with her axe in an attack that strongly resembles the move ''Gust Fan.'' It's as if this destructive move combines the agility of a tengu and the unnatural strength of an oni.
Solo
Oni's Breath
x8 Yin
Solo
Small Oni's Breath
x2 Yin 1
Solo
Red Oni's Breath
x2 Yin 2
Solo
Breath of 100 Oni
x2 Yin 2
Solo
Breath of 1,000,000 Oni
x2 Yin 2
Solo
Breath of 1,000,000 Identical Oni
x2 Yang 3
The Focus Shot of Aya Shameimaru from the world reborn (a Touhou LW original). She sprints with the wind at her back, crashing into her foe in an attack that strongly resembles the move ''Dashing Domination.'' This move utilizes a tengu's ability to move at high speeds, allowing Aya to charge forward while releasing shikigami ofuda.
Solo
Oni's Recreation
x4 Yin
Solo
Big Oni's Recreation
x1 Yin 1
Solo
Faulty Oni's Recreation
x2 Yang 2
Solo
Guilty Oni's Recreation
x2 Yin 2
Solo
Emery Oni's Recreation
x2 Yin 3
Solo
Mount Oe Oni's Recreation
x2 Yang 3

Character Spell Cards

Available
Available
Limit Break 1
Limit Break 2
Limit Break 3
A Spell Card of Aya Shameimaru from the world reborn (a Touhou LW original). She swings a large axe, sending a devastating whirlwind toward her foes. The red oni known as Zenki is said to have guarded their master's front or right side with a large axe, which they also used to forge a path forward by chopping down trees.
*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.
Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects
All targets' Yin DEF 2 level(s) DOWN (3 turns).
Inflicts 3 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Burn to all targets (3 turns).
Post-Attack Spell Card Effects
Party's Spirit Power 0.85 UP.
All
Red Oni's Great Axe
x17 Yin
All
Zenki's Great Axe
x3 Yang 1
All
Yang Oni's Great Axe
x3 Yin 2
All
Open-Mouth Oni's Great Axe
x3 Yin 2
All
Right-Side Oni's Great Axe
x3 Yang 3
All
Shikigami Kishin's Great Axe
x3 Yin 3
A Spell Card of Aya Shameimaru from the world reborn (a Touhou LW original). She sends her familiars to bind her foes and raise them off the ground. It's said that a practitioner of Shugendou bound the two oni Zenki and Goki by using Acala's curse when they attacked. The pair begged for forgiveness and served that practitioner from then on.
*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.
Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects
Target's Yin DEF 3 level(s) DOWN (3 turns).
Post-Attack Spell Card Effects
Adds 2 layer(s) to own Barrier.
Party's Spirit Power 0.85 UP.
Solo
Red Oni's Binding Curse
x18 Yin
Solo
Zenki's Binding Curse
x4 Yin 1
Solo
Yang Oni's Binding Curse
x3 Yin 2
Solo
Open-Mouth Oni's Binding Curse
x3 Yin 2
Solo
Right-Side Oni's Binding Curse
x3 Yin 2
Solo
Shikigami Kishin's Binding Curse
x2 Yin 3
The Last Word of Aya Shameimaru from the world reborn (a Touhou LW original). She replicates the legendary red oni shikigami's power. The red oni, Zenki, later became a tengu, calling themselves Zenkibou Nachitakemoto. Yukari Yakumo installed a shikigami into Aya Shameimaru, but whether this shikigami and Zenkibou are the same being is unclear. That said, Aya does feel some kind of oni power inside her.

The Youkai Mountain was formerly ruled by oni, meaning the tengu had to answer to them. Aya is once again under the control of an oni but is unsure whether to submit or use her reporter skills to resist. For now, she's decided to go with the flow because, when she thought about it, she realized that's exactly how she survived during the oni's reign and in the time since they vanished.
*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.
Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects
Party's Agility 3 level(s) UP (4 turns).
Party's Evasion 4 level(s) UP (4 turns).
All targets' Yin DEF 3 level(s) DOWN (3 turns).
Post-Attack Spell Card Effects
Own Spirit Power 2.00 UP.
All
Red Oni's Protection
x21 Yin
All
Zenki's Protection
x5 Yin 1
All
Yang Oni's Protection
x5 Yin 2
All
Open-Mouth Oni's Protection
x5 Yin 2
All
Right-Side Oni's Protection
x5 Yin 3
All
Shikigami Kishin's Protection
x5 Yin 3

Character Ability

Capable of manipulating wind?
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The ability of Aya Shameimaru from the world reborn (a Touhou LW original). This Aya's ability remains essentially unchanged, but when she's activated as a shikigami, Zenki's power envelops almost her entire body, which seemingly causes her to act like a completely different person.

Yukari Yakumo is recruiting shikigami monitors. She claims it's just for an experiment, just to gather some information, but that's simply an excuse. The truth is that she used information gathered from other worlds to develop special shikigami magic capable of controlling shikigami, and now she wants to try it out. It seems she does also have some desire to accelerate the other world investigations, though... To investigate the depths of the ocean, you need a submarine. And the deeper you want to go, the more sophisticated equipment you need. To climb higher mountains, you need better training and more precise planning. To voyage into the reaches of space, technological progress is a must. The aforementioned special shikigami magic was created with such thoughts in mind.

Yukari Yakumo turned the crow tengu, Aya Shameimaru, into a shikigami. Yukari distinctly remembered discussing the topic with Aya, but it seemed Aya had completely forgotten. ''Oh, yeah. Now I remember that time you abused animals,'' she thought to herself as Yukari thrust a document in her face with a cocky grin. The document stated Yukari had permission to turn Aya into a shikigami and was signed by the Tenma and the Great Tengu. ''But someone like you could easily forge something like this,'' exclaimed Aya. But despite her skepticism, she was curious about what it'd be like to explore other worlds as a shikigami. She even figured that should things go awry, she could always expose the truth in an article about the ''youkai fraudster''

Only beast youkai can become shikigami, and being around half beast, Aya Shameimaru qualified. She became host to a Ran Yakumo-type shikigami program called Zenki. Aya believed this Zenki must be the name of Yukari Yakumo's crow shikigami, but she was later told that it's more complicated than that… But there was something more fundamental Aya had overlooked. Apparently, when a shikigami is fully activated, the program takes control of the host's body and mind. Physical strength is enhanced, but memories become hazy, making article writing practically impossible.

The memories of shikigami are stored in their tails, so by collecting them, Yukari Yakumo can gather information while removing the shikigami program. It also allows her the opportunity to erase ''inconvenient'' memories. Youkai who've become a shikigami must follow the terms of their contract with Yukari. Should they do so, they are granted extreme, phantasm-class power said to rival that of Yukari's. However, if they disobey the terms, they become unable to use the shikigami program's power and revert back to their normal power level.
For every layer of Barrier Status: Burn, Agility, Accuracy, and Evasion 1 level UP.
When using Boost, party's Agility 1 level UP (1 turn).
DMG to resisted elements 25% UP.
DMG from resisted elements 30% DOWN.

Character Skills

CD 4
Inflicts 4 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Burn to self (3 turns).
Party's Yin ATK 2 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Inflicts 2 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Burn to all targets (2 turns).
Info
There are many legends about where oni came from. It's possible that they used to be regular humans.
Skill Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Barrier Burn
Value 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4
Rate 0 20 40 60 80 0 20 60 60 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
Yin Attack Level Up
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Barrier Burn
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
CD 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
CD 3
Grants Quick to self.
Party's CRIT ATK 2 level(s) UP (2 turns).
Party's Spirit Power 0.55 UP.
Info
Red represents Yang and an open-mouthed pose. You'd figure an oni would be linked to Yin energy, though.
Skill Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Quick
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Add 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Critical Attack Level Up
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Spirit Power Up
Value 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.5 0.5 0.55
Rate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Add 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CD 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
CD 3
Party's Accuracy 2 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Party's Evasion 3 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Party's Spirit Power 0.55 UP.
Info
Zenki became the founder of Shugendou's shikigami.
Skill Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Accuracy Level Up
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Evasion Level Up
Value 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Spirit Power Up
Value 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.5 0.5 0.55
Rate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Add 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CD 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3

Character Characteristics

Wood Chopping
When attacked, Yin DMG from enemy 100% DOWN. [Success rate 50%.]
Agile Oni Tengu
After being attacked, own Agility 1 level UP (3 turns). [Success rate 85%.]
Yakumo-Style Fantasy Barrier
When turn starts, adds 1 layer to own Barrier. [Success rate 50%.]

Character Change Effect

Speed Link
When switching places with a rear-guard unit, other unit's Agility, Accuracy, & Evasion UP (3 turns).
When switching places with a front-guard unit, inherits part of other unit's Agility, Accuracy, & Evasion buffs (3 turns).

Upgrade Costs

Rank Coins Materials
0 -> 1 1000
1 -> 2 2,000
2 -> 3 5,000
3 -> 4 10,000
4 -> 5 15,000

Character Analysis

Aya Shameimaru (Pseudo Shikigami: Zendouki Gigaku) was released on November 17th 2023 on "Ultra Festival Prayer: Red Shikigami Contract." For more up-to-date analysis, be sure to visit the Discord Official Discord Server.

Ayayaya, what is our favorite crow tengu doing in a new sage uniform, wielding a new axe? It would appear that she has become a shikigami…or Pseudo Shikigami? What’s more peculiar is that the very being in control of Aya is not even Aya herself, but rather one of Yukari Yakumo’s crows named Zenki! With Zenki's identity as an One and a Tengu coming to life in Aya’s body, and with this new shikigami having an increase in power in exchange for her typical search for a Bunbunmaru News scoop, how will this contribute to solving the Lost Word incident?

Lr Aya Shameimaru is a Technical-Class Friend who leaves her enemies in the dust with her solid team support mostly including Spirit Power, strong damage potential, and her ability to mainly inflict and break Burn barriers.

As a Attacker / Supporter / Debuffer

  • Increases the damage of her bullet lines by 25% when one of her Earth/Fire/Wood/Metal bullets are resisted by said enemy.
  • Grants the team Spirit Power buffs, with both Skills 2 and 3 providing 0.55 Spirit Power to the team, and Spell Cards 1 and 2’s Post-ATKs increasing the team’s Spirit Power both by 0.85 each. Last Word’s Post-ATK increases Lr Aya’s Spirit Power by 2.00.
  • Yin ATK buff for the team via Skill 1.
  • Yin DEF Debuffs on all Pre-ATKs on Spell Cards and Last Word (All targets on Spell Card 1 and Last Word, 1 target on Spell Card 2).
  • CRIT ATK buff for the team via Skill 2, as well as some bullet lines at 3P on Focus Shot, Spell Card 1 and Last Word increasing Lr Aya’s CRIT ATK by 2 stages.
  • Accuracy buff for the team via Skill 3.
  • Agility buffs for the team when Boosting and through Last Word Pre-ATK. Several bullet lines also increase Lr Aya’s Agility, and also contribute to her Slice Scaling, including her Last Word’s 150% Slice Scaling on lines 1, 2, 5 and 6.
  • Lr Aya’s Killer range includes God, Beast, Fairy, Human, Parallel Presence, Tengu and Oni.

As a Utility / Breaker

  • In terms of elements, Lr Aya’s Spread Shot has 3 of Wood and 3 of Metal with her Focus Shot having 4 of Metal and 2 of Wood. Spell Card 1 has 2 of Wood, Fire and Metal, Spell Card 2 has 4 of Earth and 2 of Fire and Last Word has 4 of Earth as well as 1 of both Fire and Metal.
  • Lr Aya benefits from Burn anomalies, with her gaining a stage of Agility, Accuracy and Evasion for every layer inflicted on her. Skill 1 inflicts 4 layers of it onto herself.
  • Inflicts and breaks Burn anomalies onto her enemies. Inflictions via Skill 1 (2 layers) and Spell Card 1 (3 layers) and breaks via Solo Focus Shot (2P), All Spell Card 1 (3P) and All Last Word (2P). In addition, Lr Aya also has some Paralyze breaking potential via Solo Focus Shot (2P), Solo Spell Card 2 (2P) and All Last Word (3P).
  • Evasion buffs for the team via Skill 3 and Last Word Pre-ATK.
  • Spell Card 2 Post-ATK adds 2 Barriers for Lr Aya.
  • Takes 30% less damage from Fire, Metal and Star elements.
  • Focus DOWN against specific targets on several bullet lines on Solo-Targeting Spread Shot, Focus Shot and Spell Card 2.

Story Card Recommendations

(Card recommendations last updated on November 17, 2023)

Spell Card

To get the most out of Lr Aya’s breaking and bullet line buffs, Spirit Power is extremely important for her, as she can thrive more on 3P attacks. If that is covered, then doubling down on her supportive capabilities or further enhancing her own power via Yin ATK or even CRIT ATK if necessary doesn’t hurt either. Agility buffs are extremely optional given how frequent they appear in Lr Aya’s bullet lines (unless it’s team Agility support), but outside of that, if focused on damage, you can look to Body-Boosting Bullets (or maybe Earth) for Spell Card 2 and for Spell Card 1, either Wood or Energy Bullets, preferably Energy.

Spirit Power UP: Youkai Mountain Anniversary, Let the Oil Money Flow, The Witch of Scarlet Dreams, Mountain of Faith, Post-Training Kinako Milk, Taking a Breather in Spring, Our Dream, Road of Liminality’s Ennichi, Geidontei Girl, Dancer in the Puddle

Team Spirit Power UP: Divine Spirit Tajikarao, Bibliophile on Duty, Myouren Temple Anniversary, Dancers Take the Stage!, Utopia Tea Time

Yin ATK UP: Mansion of Memories, New Year’s Shrine Visit VI, Redder than Blood, Overwhelming Firepower, Rainbow Dragon Cave, Tenma Mountain Starfall, Shrine Maiden Reborn, A Curious Festival, Blood Moon Singing Contest, Magic Trio

CRIT ATK UP: Divine Spirit Tajikarao, Worlds in Hand, New Year’s Shrine Visit VI, Bloody Order, Miracle Mallet, Standing Behind You, 19th Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai, Ordinary Magician

Team Accuracy UP: Ability Cards?, 20th Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai, Picaresque Kitties

Agility UP: Post-Training Kinako Milk, Protection of Cerpinus, Mega Flare

Body Bullet Power UP: Incident Shrine, Stand-In Shrine Maiden, Beach Sanshoku Geidontei, Choose an Animal Spirit, Youkai Mountain Anniversary, Rainbow Dragon Cave

Earth Bullet Power UP: At the Usual Cafe Terrace

Energy Bullet Power UP: Lunatic Red Eyes, Worlds in Hand, Unknown Barrier Team, Choose an Animal Spirit, NAЯAKA, Protection of Cerpinus, Thunder Beat, Mansion of Memories, Underworld Party Night, 20th Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai

Top Yin ATK Stat Sticks: Incident Shrine, Bonds of Blood, Lunatic Red Eyes, Divine Spirit Tajikarao, Kaguya’s Moonlit Festival!, Anniversary at the SDM, Infinity Garden, Redder Than Blood, Summer Rocket, I’m Alright!, The Heat of my Fingertips

Top Agility Stat Sticks: Thunder Beat, Undercover Reporter, Protection of Cerpinus, Eat and Walk, My Favorites, I’ll Borrow This Until I’m Dead!, Heavenly Backup Dancers, Members of the Yakumo Family, Touhou LostWord

Yin ATK + Agility Stat Sticks: Divine Spirit Tajikarao, The Heat of my Fingertips, Glistening Summer Days, Ordinary Magician, Underworld Party Night, New Year’s Shrine Visit VI, Post-Training Kinako Milk, Dead End, New Year’s Shrine Visit III

Last Word

Having an Ofuda Last Word, Lr Aya definitely benefits from Shrine Maiden Reborn and Summer God, Fantasy Sea the most, moreso the former for the Yin ATK stat and Yin ATK buffs, but both are able to provide a 50% Ofuda boost. However, other options that may arise include Hifuu L?’s very own At the Usual Cafe Terrace for those 4 lines of Earth getting a 50% Boost and a CRIT ATK buff.

For lesser options on the Ofuda side, we have First Tea of the Season and Dayuu’s Card Shop for their 30% Ofuda boosts, and for the 25% boosts, there are options like 19th Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai (with a slight CRIT ATK buff), A Curious Festival (with a Yin ATK buff), Reimu’s Great Exorcism and Test of Courage Duo.

If you want to play around with Earth damage outside of the best Earth choice above, there are other options like Idola-Deus and Western Alchemy Crystals, the latter boosting both Earth and Metal by 35% making 5 bullet lines more powerful instead of 4.

That said however, if you have Shrine Maiden Reborn or Summer God, Fantasy Sea, it’s recommended to put one of those on Lr Aya’s Last Word above all else.

Character Skill Level Up Recommendations

With Skills 2 and 3 being neck and neck in terms of Spirit Power pros, it’s up to you which one to go with first. Maybe you want number 2, Open-Mouth Kishin because of that CRIT ATK for the team or you might want number 3, Zenki the Shikigami first for the Accuracy buff for the team. Either works well for leveling up first but for the sake of decisiveness, we will go for Open-Mouth Kishin as it’s accessible first. With the one coming up last being Village’s Red Oni, it’s by no means a bad Skill with the Yin ATK and Burn effects, but can wait until the others are maxed out.

Character Strengths

Pseudo Shikigami’s Speedy Spiritual Support

Mainly found in her Skills, Lr Aya is more than capable of providing the team some helpful buffs in short quick bursts, mainly with Yin ATK, CRIT ATK, Accuracy, and most commonly, Spirit Power. With both Skill 2 and Skill 3 providing 0.55 Spirit Power each, both with a 3 turn cooldown, on top of both Spell Cards’ Post-ATKs entailing a 0.85 Spirit Power increase for the team, this pseudo shikigami is one to watch when it comes to her supportive capabilities, especially in Spirit Power.

A Scoopful of Power

With a 25% increase in bullet power if the element is resisted, a plethora of Yin DEF debuffs, a strong Slice Scaling (especially on Last Word) and a serviceable Killer range including God, Beast, Fairy, Human, Parallel Presence, Tengu and Oni, Lr Aya does have what it takes to deal heavy damage given her Killers land, leaving enemies to feel the wrath of her mighty axe.

Character Weaknesses

Limited Offensive Buffs

Despite her supportive capabilities including Yin ATK as well as having lots of Yin DEF debuffs to work with, Lr Aya’s Yin ATK buff only has 2 Stages of it on Skill 1 which is handy, but can only go so far, especially if said target ends up being fully broken, thus losing all buffs and debuffs. CRIT ATK falls in a sort of similar situation, although not as bad from a selfish standpoint if certain 3P bullets on either Lr Aya’s Focus Shot, Spell Card 1 or Last Word connect, increasing her own CRIT ATK by 2 stages.